Comments on: Rat takes off a great plugin of WordPress.org, author decides to stop development http://www.cyberculture.ro/blog/2009/01/25/cforms-plugin-not-gpl-compatible/ George Hari Popescu, ministrul Cyberculturii. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:33:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher LCP Mendes http://www.cyberculture.ro/blog/2009/01/25/cforms-plugin-not-gpl-compatible/#comment-3857 Christopher LCP Mendes Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:57:16 +0000 http://www.cyberculture.ro/blog/?p=2827#comment-3857 @anony mouse: GPL is not the only open source license though the plugin does not appear to be open source at all from my understanding. @anony mouse: GPL is not the only open source license though the plugin does not appear to be open source at all from my understanding.

]]> By: George Hari http://www.cyberculture.ro/blog/2009/01/25/cforms-plugin-not-gpl-compatible/#comment-3856 George Hari Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:35:51 +0000 http://www.cyberculture.ro/blog/?p=2827#comment-3856 No, I just contacted Oliver and asked for his permission to translate the plugin. He granted me the permission and offered me support during the translation process. The translation package was promoted on his website and in the Wordpress repository. No, I just contacted Oliver and asked for his permission to translate the plugin. He granted me the permission and offered me support during the translation process. The translation package was promoted on his website and in the WordPress repository.

]]> By: anony mouse http://www.cyberculture.ro/blog/2009/01/25/cforms-plugin-not-gpl-compatible/#comment-3855 anony mouse Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:34:04 +0000 http://www.cyberculture.ro/blog/?p=2827#comment-3855 So, when you "translated it into Romanian" you are admitting that you violated the author's copyright (since the plugin was not GPL)? Maybe the fact that it was wrongly listed in the GPL plugin repository led you to wrongly think you had the right to do that. Ooops. Now I hope it is clearer for you why there was a problem. So, when you “translated it into Romanian” you are admitting that you violated the author’s copyright (since the plugin was not GPL)?

Maybe the fact that it was wrongly listed in the GPL plugin repository led you to wrongly think you had the right to do that. Ooops. Now I hope it is clearer for you why there was a problem.

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